Assembly Bill A9215

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires the department of agriculture and markets to evaluate their support of farmers age sixty-two years and older

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A9215 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7433
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §16, Ag & Mkts L

2013-A9215 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of agriculture and markets to evaluate their support of farmers age sixty-two years and older.

2013-A9215 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  9215

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 31, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BARRETT, MILLMAN -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Aging

AN  ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requir-
  ing the department  of  agriculture  and  markets  to  evaluate  their
  support of farmers age sixty-two years and older

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 16 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 47 to read as follows:
  47. EVALUATE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE  STATE  OFFICE  FOR  THE  AGING,
PROGRAMS  AND  SERVICES  OFFERED  BY  THE DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT THEY
SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF FARMERS, AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN  AGRICUL-
TURE,  AND  THE  PRODUCTION,  PROCESSING,  MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTING OF
FOOD, WHO ARE ALSO SENIORS, WHICH SHALL  MEAN  AN  INDIVIDUAL  SIXTY-TWO
YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14598-01-4

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